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Ohio Statutes, Title 51

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Title 51, Public Welfare

31 chapters · 2,012 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 512,012 Ch 5123, Department of Developmental Disabilities182 Ch 5101, Department of Job and Family Service…145 Ch 5119, Department of Behavioral Health121 Ch 5120, Department of Rehabilitation and Cor…121 Ch 5165, Medicaid Coverage of Nursing Facilit…116 Ch 5103, Placement of Children113 Ch 5164, Medicaid State Plan Services113 Ch 5126, County Boards of Developmental Disab…111 Ch 5180, Department of Children and Youth94 Ch 5124, Intermediate Care Facility for Indiv…80 Ch 5153, County Children Services72 Ch 5104, Child Day-care69 Ch 5162, Medicaid and Medicaid Funds67 Ch 5168, Hospital Care Assurance Program; Hea…66

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.35 Discounted charges applied to eligible parties
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The department of mental health and addiction services shall charge a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative an amount discounted from the amount the department charges under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code if the department determines through the application process d…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.36 Application for discount - determination - notice
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(A) A patient, patient's estate, or liable relative may apply for a discount by completing an application form prescribed by the director of mental health and addiction services. The department of mental health and addiction services may require a patient, estate, or relative to …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.37 Financial assessment regarding discount - modification
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After a patient's admittance to a hospital, the department of mental health and addiction services shall conduct a financial assessment to determine whether the patient, patient's estate, or liable relative will be charged an amount discounted from the amount the department charg…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.38 Department access to income and assets information

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The department of mental health and addiction services may subpoena witnesses, take testimony under oath, and examine any public records relating to the income and other assets of a patient or of a relative liable for such patient's support. All information, conclusions, and reco…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.40 Eligibility criteria for discounted charge

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(A) A patient, patient's estate, or liable relative may be eligible to be charged an amount discounted from the amount the department of mental health and addiction services charges under section 5121.33 of the Revised Code if the patient, estate, or relative has countable assets…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.41 Calculation of discount - reduced charges for impoverished patients

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(A) If the assets of a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative do not exceed the countable asset limit in section 5121.40 of the Revised Code and the annual income of the patient, estate, or relative does not exceed four hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, the pa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.42 Termination of eligibility based on asset accumulation

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative shall cease to be eligible for a discount under section 5121.36 or 5121.37 of the Revised Code on accumulation of countable assets in excess of an amount equal to fifty per cen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.43 Insurance covering patient expenses - payment over to department

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(A) If a patient is covered by an insurance policy or other contract that provides for payment of expenses for care and treatment for mental illness at or from a hospital operated by the department of mental health and addiction services, all of the following apply with respect t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.44 Extended payment agreement - security interest in residence prohibited

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The department of mental health and addiction services may enter into an extended payment agreement with a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative who has notified the department that the patient, estate, or relative cannot reasonably pay an amount the department has charge…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.45 Action to enforce collection of delinquent payment

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(A) For purposes of this section, "delinquent payment" means an amount owed by a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative to the department of mental health and addiction services for which the person has failed to do either of the following not later than ninety days after …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.46 Conditions for exemption of liable relatives

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The department of mental health and addiction services shall not charge a liable relative under sections 5121.33 and 5121.35 of the Revised Code who has done either of the following: (A) Paid all amounts charged by the department for the care and treatment of a particular patient…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.47 Limitation on charges to liable relatives for multiple patients

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Irrespective of the number of patients for which the department of mental health and addiction services may charge a liable relative under sections 5121.33 and 5121.35 of the Revised Code, the department shall not charge a liable relative or group of liable relatives who are memb…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.48 Acceptance of voluntary payments exceeding discount

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The department shall accept voluntary payments from a patient, patient's estate, or liable relative in excess of a discounted amount charged in accordance with section 5121.35 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.49 Petition for release, modification, or cancellation of charge

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(A) Any person who has been charged under section 5121.33 or 5121.35 of the Revised Code may petition the department of mental health and addiction services to do the following: (1) Release the person from a charge; (2) Modify or cancel a charge. (B) The department shall respond …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.50 Procedure on judicial commitment of patient to hospital

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When a patient is committed to a hospital pursuant to judicial proceedings, the judge ordering the commitment shall: (A) Make a reliable report on the financial condition of the patient and of each liable relative, as provided in rules adopted by the director of mental health and…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.51 Petition for guardian where estate sufficient for support

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In case the estate of any patient in a hospital is sufficient for the patient's support and no guardian has been appointed for such estate, the agent of the department of mental health and addiction services shall petition the probate court of the proper county to appoint a guard…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.52 Waiver of claim for support against decedent's estate

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On the death of a person who is a patient, or has been a patient in a hospital, or on the death of a person responsible under section 5121.34 of the Revised Code for the support of a patient, the department of mental health and addiction services may waive the presentation of any…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.53 State to bear burial expense of indigent patient

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The state shall bear the expense of the burial or cremation of an indigent patient who dies in a hospital if the body is not claimed for interment or cremation at the expense of friends or relatives, or is not delivered for anatomical purposes or for the study of embalming in acc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.54 Recovery of payment by liable relative against patient

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If payment of any amount due the state under the provisions of this chapter is made on account of a patient by any liable relative, as defined in section 5121.30 of the Revised Code, the relative may recover from the patient, the patient's guardian, or the executor or administrat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.55 Department guidelines for cost of client support

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The cost for support of a client of state-operated community mental health services is an amount determined using guidelines the department of mental health and addiction services shall issue. The guidelines shall be based on cost findings and rate-settings applicable to such ser…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5121.56 Support of patients transferred from correctional institutions

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The support and maintenance of patients confined in state hospitals for persons with mental illnesses, including persons transferred to them from state correctional institutions, and also including persons under indictment or conviction for crime, shall be collected and paid in a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.01 Hospitalization of mentally ill definitions

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As used in this chapter and Chapter 5119. of the Revised Code: (A) "Mental illness" means a substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to meet the ordinary demands of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.011 Application of chapter

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The provisions of this chapter regarding hospitalization apply to a person who is found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity and is committed pursuant to section 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code to the extent that the provision…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.02 Application for voluntary admission

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(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any person who is eighteen years of age or older and who is, appears to be, or believes self to be mentally ill may make written application for voluntary admission to the chief medical officer of a hospital. (B) Except as p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.03 Release of voluntary patients

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A patient admitted under section 5122.02 of the Revised Code who requests release in writing, or whose release is requested in writing by the patient's counsel, legal guardian, parent, spouse, or adult next of kin shall be released forthwith, except when any of the following is t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.04 Outpatient services for minors without knowledge or consent of parent or guardian

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(A) Upon the request of a minor fourteen years of age or older, a mental health professional may provide outpatient mental health services, excluding the use of medication, without the consent or knowledge of the minor's parent or guardian. Except as otherwise provided in this se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.05 Involuntary admission

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(A) The chief clinical officer of a hospital may, and the chief clinical officer of a public hospital in all cases of psychiatric medical emergencies, shall receive for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment any person whose admission is applied for under any of the followin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.09 Release before hearing

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If a person taken into custody under section 5122.10 or 5122.11 of the Revised Code is released from custody before having an initial hearing, a court that has made a file or record relating to the person during this period shall expunge it.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.10 Emergency hospitalization

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(A)(1) Any of the following who has reason to believe that a person is a person with a mental illness subject to court order and represents a substantial risk of physical harm to self or others if allowed to remain at liberty pending examination may take the person into custody a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.11 Court ordered treatment of mentally ill person

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Proceedings for a person with a mental illness subject to court order pursuant to sections 5122.11 to 5122.15 of the Revised Code shall be commenced by the filing of an affidavit in the manner prescribed by the department of mental health and addiction services and in a form pres…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.111 Affidavit of mental illness

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To initiate proceedings for court-ordered treatment of a person under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code, a person or persons shall file an affidavit with the probate court that is identical in form and content to the following: AFFIDAVIT OF MENTAL ILLNESS The State of Ohio ____…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.112 Termination of probate court jurisdiction

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A probate court that terminates jurisdiction over a defendant described in division (B)(1)(a)(v)(I) of section 2945.38 of the Revised Code, for whom a trial court or prosecutor initiated proceedings alleging that the defendant is a mentally ill person subject to court order pursu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.12 Hearing notice

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After receipt of the affidavit required by section 5122.11 of the Revised Code, the court shall cause written notice by mail or otherwise of any hearing as the court directs to be given to the following persons: (A) The respondent; (B) The respondent's legal guardian, if any, the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.13 Investigation

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Within two business days after receipt of the affidavit required by section 5122.11 of the Revised Code, the probate court shall refer the affidavit to the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services or community mental health services provider the board designat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.14 Pre-hearing medical examination

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Immediately after acceptance of an affidavit required under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code, the court may appoint a psychiatrist, or a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed physician to examine the respondent, and at the first hearing held pursuant to section 5122.14…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.141 Initial hearing

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(A) A respondent who is involuntarily placed in a hospital or other place as designated in section 5122.10 or 5122.17 of the Revised Code, or with respect to whom proceedings have been instituted under section 5122.11 of the Revised Code, shall be afforded a hearing to determine …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.15 Full hearing

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(A) Full hearings shall be conducted in a manner consistent with this chapter and with due process of law. The hearings shall be conducted by a judge of the probate court or a referee designated by a judge of the probate court and may be conducted in or out of the county in which…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.16 Hospital care or treatment by veterans' administration or other U.S. agency

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If a person, ordered to be hospitalized pursuant to section 5122.15 of the Revised Code, is eligible for hospital care or treatment by the veterans' administration or other agency of the United States government, such hospitalization may be ordered to those facilities provided by…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.17 Temporary detention

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Pending removal to a hospital, a person taken into custody or ordered to be hospitalized pursuant to this chapter may be detained for not more than forty-eight hours in a licensed rest or nursing home, a licensed or unlicensed hospital, a community mental health services provider…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.18 Notice of hospitalization

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Whenever a person has been involuntarily detained at or admitted to a hospital, community mental health services provider, or other facility at the request of anyone other than the person's legal guardian, spouse, or next of kin under this chapter, the chief clinical officer of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.19 Medical examination within 24 hours of arrival

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Every person transported to a hospital or community mental health services provider pursuant to sections 5122.11 to 5122.16 of the Revised Code, shall be examined by the staff of the hospital or services provider as soon as practicable after arrival at the hospital or services pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.20 Transfers

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The director of behavioral health or the director's designee may transfer, or authorize the transfer of, an involuntary patient, or a consenting voluntary patient hospitalized pursuant to section 5122.02 or sections 5122.11 to 5122.15 of the Revised Code, from one public hospital…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.21 Discharging involuntary patients

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(A) The chief clinical officer shall as frequently as practicable, and at least once every thirty days, examine or cause to be examined every patient, and, whenever the chief clinical officer determines that the conditions justifying involuntary hospitalization or commitment no l…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.22 Trial visits

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When the chief clinical officer of a hospital considers it in the best interest of a patient, the officer may permit the patient to leave the hospital on a trial visit. The trial visit shall be for the period of time the chief clinical officer determines, but shall not exceed nin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.23 Reporting death or change in custody status of patient

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The chief clinical officer of a public hospital shall immediately report to the department of behavioral health and the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services serving the patient's county of residence the removal, death, escape, discharge, or trial visit of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.231 Applying for county services

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Any person who has been hospitalized or committed under this chapter may, at any time, apply to the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services serving his county of residence for services listed in section 340.09 of the Revised Code.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.25 Rehearing

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Upon the request of a hospital, person, board, community mental health services provider, or facility who has custody of a patient hospitalized pursuant to section 5122.15 of the Revised Code, or on the order of the court, such patient may be called for a rehearing at such place …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.26 Patient absent without leave

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(A) If a patient is absent without leave, on a verbal or written order issued within five days of the time of the unauthorized absence by the department of behavioral health, the chief clinical officer of the hospital from which the patient is absent without leave, or the court o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.27 Chief clinical officer duties

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The chief clinical officer of the hospital or the chief clinical officer's designee shall assure that all patients hospitalized or committed pursuant to this chapter shall: (A) Receive, within twenty days of their admission sufficient professional care to assure that an evaluatio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5122.271 Consent to treatment

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(A) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), and (E) of this section, the chief clinical officer or, in a nonpublic hospital, the attending physician responsible for a patient's care shall provide all information, including expected physical and medical consequences, necessary t…